Mossy Green Subtle Smokey Eye

I had gotten a Lancôme Color Design quint in the color "507 Metallic Moss" last month, but never used it. My reasoning for buying it was that I didn't have any green shadows, and this would be the last palette I get before going on a no-buy. Today I cracked that baby open:



Lancôme Color Design - 507 Metallic Moss (flash/natural light)


If you've never used a Lancôme quint before, the colors all  mesh together beautifully, taking the guesswork out of what colors to pair with one another. It even tells you where to place the separate shadows on the eye. Easy peasy. The formula is a dream to blend, but there is a lot of shimmer (which I don't mind, but others may). The highlight shade (middle row, all the way to the right) is to die for. I don't know how else to describe it, except: light wash of beige with micro multi-colored shimmer...it is so pretty and is ultimately what drew me into this palette in the first place. The bottom pan (dark shade) can be used wet/dry as eyeliner...it's pretty much the best formula I have ever used for "shadow as liner".

 

These shadows are not overpoweringly bright, and the effects of the shadows are hard to see unless you are right up on someone. I personally like the subtleness of Lancôme products in general, especially on normal days. Again, I know my pictures aren't the greatest, but this blog is more for myself, a diary and a place to keep my favorite looks/products/thoughts. Have a good day!

Winged Liner & A Pop of Pink Lip

I somewhat envy those girls who can do an amazing winged liner. I know it takes practice, and I have been trying my hardest to get it down. So far, I can manage a baby wing. I really like the look of a winged eye with a bright lip. It reads classic to me, and though I would like to say is a faster look to do when I am just trying to hurry, in all honesty, my baby wing took me close to 20 minutes. Well worth it though. I'd rather have a close to perfect baby wing than a sloppy big wing. Ha, sort of like when a fairy gets her wings I suppose. Takes time to grow.

My look was actually centered around my lip color. I picked up on a "somewhat" whim a new Lancôme gloss when I was at Ulta two weeks ago. The sparkle and color just shouted my name when I walked by. It was screaming "SSSTTTEEEEEPPPPPPPPHHHHHHHHHANIEEEEEE!!!!!" So of course I had to rescue it and take it home with me to be my new baby....That's my story and I'm sticking to it anyways. Lancôme's La Laque Fever, color 384 Electric Pink. Probably more perfect for summer, but I don't follow trends/seasons very well. This gloss is so highly pigmented it's ridiculous! Not only did it stay on for almost half the day, when it was wearing off, there was a stain of the color left on my lips. If you want (need) a shocking pink sparkly gloss, this is the one for you.

 

 

 Makeup I used:
Urban Decay eyeshadow - Virgin
Tarte cream liner - Black
Lancôme La Laque Fever - Electric Pink
NYX blush - Pinched (super similar to Nars' Orgasm blush, but softer)

Tip of the day: Practice your wing...there are countless YouTube vid's of how to's, but it really does just take a steady hand and patience.

Thanks for reading...leave me a comment with your favorite lip gloss and why you love it!

Bi-Facil Eye Makeup Remover

In the past I have tried a ton of different eye makeup removers, including, but not limited to, baby oil. Nothing seemed to work the way it needed to. Oil-free versions, the kind you have to shake to activate (which took me about a month to realize), wipes, everything. I was getting really tired of fighting with taking my makeup off every night. Mascara that left raccoon eyes the next morning, eyeliners that deemed it necessary to make their nest in my eyelashes, not a pretty sight.

I went ravaging through the Sephora website on the hunt for the top-rated eye makeup remover. Lancôme's Bi-Facil shouted my name and after reading through pages of reviews, I decided to take the plunge and just go for it.

The cap is one of those safety ones you have to push and turn, which made me happy, knowing that it will be locked for travel and won't spill any of "the precious" in my bag. There is a faint "clean" scent, but is in no way irritating to my eyes. I did have to shake the bottle to "activate", but I have this weird thing with shaking liquids anyways, even milk....

I had read a review that said to wet your cotton ball first, but I decided to try with a dry cotton ball first. My eye makeup sort of came off, but not as easily as I had hoped. I wet my jumbo ball, wrang out the wet, then applied a few drops of this remover and lifted it to my eyes. Perfection. All it took was a few swipes, no tugging or pulling, and all my eye makeup was off. Even my 24/7 eyeliner that is virtually indestructible came off with no resistance. There was no itchy, watery eyes afterwards, something that baby oil (and other removers) have given me in the past. You know that cloudiness over your eyeballs where you have to stand in front of the mirror until you can see again feeling?

Needless to say,  I am hooked!!! I am hoping this bottle lasts me a long while, because it is pricey. But it works. Very well. This has become my new holy grail of removers. Dang, I just wrote a whole post on eye makeup remover!

Tip of the day: Shop around for your perfect eye makeup remover. Most stores have a good return policy on cosmetics, and if you do not like something, return it! There is no point in wasting money on something that you just don't like and does not do what it claims to do.